Relay management apparatus, relay management method, program, and relay management system

Abstract

Provided is a relay management apparatus including: a session management unit configured to perform registration of session information for multicast transmission of a data stream that is performed between one or two or more transmission apparatuses and one or two or more reception apparatuses via relay links of a relay apparatus, separately for information on a transmission apparatus side and information on a reception apparatus side; and a band reservation unit configured to perform band reservation of a relay link on the transmission apparatus side or band reservation of a relay link on the reception apparatus side, based on the registration of the session information on the transmission apparatus side or the reception apparatus side performed by the session management unit.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A relay management apparatus comprising a circuitry configured to:
 perform session registrations for multicast transmission of a data stream that is to be performed between two or more transmission apparatuses and two or more reception apparatuses via relay links of a first relay apparatus, wherein the session registrations are performed separately for each of the two or more transmission apparatuses on a transmission apparatus side and each of the two or more reception apparatuses on a reception apparatus side; and 
 perform band reservation of a relay link on the transmission apparatus side or band reservation of a relay link on the reception apparatus side, based on the session registrations on the transmission apparatus side or the reception apparatus side. 
 
     
     
       2. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
 set the first relay apparatus into a limit mode in which reception of a request for participation to a multicast group from the two or more reception apparatuses is limited, and to perform transfer start setting of the data stream on a relay apparatus that forms a relay link for which the band reservation has been performed. 
 
     
     
       3. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein, when the session registrations on the transmission apparatus side or the session registrations on the reception apparatus side are deleted, the circuitry performs transfer termination setting of the data stream on a relay apparatus that forms a relay link on a side where the session information is deleted. 
     
     
       4. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the circuitry sets an output limit rate for each data class to the first relay apparatus, and an input limit rate of a second relay apparatus connected with a transmission apparatus for which session information has been registered, wherein the output limit rate and input limit rate for the data stream are included in the session information. 
     
     
       5. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry determines whether or not band reservation is possible, based on whether or not a total value of a data rate of multicast transmission that is already reserved to be used in a reservation target relay link exceeds an upper limit data rate. 
     
     
       6. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein the upper limit data rate is a rate smaller than a maximum transmission rate of the reservation target relay link. 
     
     
       7. The relay management apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the circuitry separately performs deletion of the registered session information on the transmission apparatus side and the registered session information on the reception apparatus side. 
     
     
       8. A relay management method comprising:
 performing session registrations for multicast transmission of a data stream that is performed between two or more transmission apparatuses and two or more reception apparatuses via relay links of a relay apparatus, wherein the session registrations are performed separately for each of the two or more transmission apparatuses on a transmission apparatus side and each of the two or more reception apparatuses on a reception apparatus side; and 
 performing band reservation of a relay link on the transmission apparatus side or band reservation of a relay link on the reception apparatus side, based on the session registrations-on the transmission apparatus side or the reception apparatus side. 
 
     
     
       9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a program instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
 perform session registrations for multicast transmission of a data stream that is performed between two or more transmission apparatuses and two or more reception apparatuses via relay links of a relay apparatus, wherein the session registrations are performed separately for each of the two or more transmission apparatuses on a transmission apparatus side and each of the two or more reception apparatuses on a reception apparatus side; and 
 perform band reservation of a relay link on the transmission apparatus side or band reservation of a relay link on the reception apparatus side, based on the session registrations on the transmission apparatus side or the reception apparatus side. 
 
     
     
       10. A relay management system comprising:
 two or more transmission apparatuses; 
 two or more reception apparatuses; 
 at least one relay apparatus forming relay links between the two or more transmission apparatuses and the two or more reception apparatuses; and 
 a relay management apparatus including a circuitry configured to: 
 perform session registrations for multicast transmission of a data stream that is performed via the relay links, wherein the session registrations are performed separately for each of the two or more transmission apparatuses on a transmission apparatus side and each of the two or more reception apparatuses on a reception apparatus side, and 
 perform band reservation of a relay link on the transmission apparatus side or band reservation of a relay link on the reception apparatus side, based on the session registrations on the transmission apparatus side or the reception apparatus side.